Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet group of carved animals Wood with plexiglass window

Wood with plexiglass window

7 1/4” t measured on square

I understand why this is a coveted one

though its a bit hard to fully see

some scratches

Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet group of carved animals Wood with plexiglass windowNot exactly my usual thing (and my handbag of choice is a New Yorker tote) but the embroidery on this handbag is so fine and so beautiful I completely fell in love with it (and really feel like someone should carry it to a Met gala!) In trying to research and place it, I realized that what the metallic embroidery in gold and silver reminds me most of is a 19th c. French or Italian reliquary I recently had incorporating very elaborate metallic thread